Chapter 373 Chocolate and Latte

After dinner, An Xingwan prepared to make chocolate. She took out the cocoa pulp that had been roasted in the oven.

Cocoa kernels are originally white. After a few days of fermentation to release the acid, and then they are baked at high temperature, they have turned a little black.

There was a distinct bitter smell, so bitter that the audience in front of the camera kept pinching their noses.

[I really want to ask, won’t this fail? ]

[It's so bitter, I thought it would be delicious. ]

I'm a little curious about how Xingxing makes these black beans.

【Maybe a bitter snack?】

[Is Xingxing about to make his first food disaster? ]

An Xingwan looked at the barrage and smiled. In fact, they were not used to the smell, and now it smelled like pure cocoa powder, so it was normal for it to be bitter.

She lowered her head and put all the cocoa beans into the blender to make them into powder. During the grinding process, the solid oil cocoa butter gradually melted due to the heat generated by grinding.

At this time, the fragrance slowly drifts out, with a rich aroma that makes people smell it and linger in the aftertaste.

An Xingwan immediately turned off the blender and stirred the slightly thick cocoa powder with hot water, allowing the unmelted cocoa butter to continue to melt with the help of high temperature.

She divided it into several different portions, some of which were made by adding only white sugar to the cocoa powder to make dark chocolate.

Some add milk and sugar to make milk chocolate, while others separate the cocoa butter and cocoa powder and only take the cocoa butter, milk and sugar to make white chocolate.

"Cocoa butter is the creamy yellow hard oil extracted from cocoa liquor, which is then processed and sold by the factory."

An Xingwan put several chocolates of different flavors into the molds and said, "Fengzhi will also sell the molds."

In fact, molds are not considered a technological project, but Lewis said it doesn't matter. Molds are very simple to make anyway, and handing them over to them can be quickly reproduced and produced with high technology, which is more efficient than factories.

So An Xingwan handed them the drawings of the chocolate molds, and the Fengzhi branch was almost becoming a household kitchenware mold R&D department.

I don’t think I can do it.

[It doesn't look... that difficult.]

[It seems that you just need to grind the powder, add sugar and milk, and freeze it. ]

[Every time I watch a video about a star, I feel like I can do it too.]

This is an illusion.

"You can try it." An Xingwan smiled. She was originally going to Cangma City, but she didn't go.

We could only send people to investigate. Fortunately, the empire did have environmental researchers who compared the environments of Driftwood Planet and Cangma City. They said that the environment of Cangma City was drier, but trees and plants such as cola trees could be planted there.

So An Xingwan immediately asked them to discuss the demolition, but now it seemed to be stuck on the issue of money.

Chocolate needs to be refrigerated and frozen before it can be eaten. An Xingwan decided to make a few cups of latte first based on the materials and ingredients on hand.

"Forty, give me the coffee grounds, and find me a nice coffee pot with a thin spout that can withstand high temperatures."

An Xingwan didn't think what she asked for was excessive. After all, the inventory of items in the forty or so space buttons was comparable to that of a department store.

Forty tossed and turned for a while before coming out with a light orange coffee pot with a thin mouth.

An Xingwan poured the coffee powder in and boiled it with hot water. Then she boiled the milk with water until it boiled, and then turned off the heat and frothed it for one minute.

"Find some fancy coffee cups."

An Xingwan felt that since it was her first time making coffee, drinking it should be done with some sense of ceremony.

Forty was very generous. He counted the number of people and took out coffee cups of different styles.

An Xingwan was handed a very simple white coffee cup, while Yuan Yu was handed a black one of the same style.

It wasn't that Forty was perceptive, but that Yuan Yu had a sharp eye and grabbed it.

An Xingwan poured one-third of coffee into each person's cup and added milk foam. The originally black coffee liquid gradually turned light brown.

Finally, cover it with a layer of milk foam and you can make various patterns.

When covering the milk foam, An Xingwan specially made a pattern. She made it for Yu Lai first, drawing a delicate little cloud, which was very cute.

Jiuye also came forward to ask for a cloud, preferably one like Yu Lai.

"rabbit."

Yu Xing stared at the animal coffee cup Si Si gave him without blinking, while An Xingwan patiently drew a rabbit for him.

Luo Fu didn't have any requirements, and the Yu couple didn't have any requirements either. An Xingwan just casually sketched a few patterns and finally made them for herself and Yuan Yu.

An Xingwan drew a star in Yuan Yu's cup and a hollow silver ball in her own cup.

【Good guy, show me your face. 】

[They're clearly two-faced. Look at Yu Lai and Jiu Ye. Jiu Ye is becoming more and more clingy.]

How could the little angel Yu Lai fall for a game geek?

[Jiuneyezaizi used to be a game geek, but now he’s a part-time worker, hahaha. ]

"I'd love to."

Jiuye snorted lightly, how could games be as good as a wife!

Because it was just coffee, An Xingwan started sharing it herself. The latte tasted sweeter, and you could feel the sweetness of the milk foam when you took a sip.

When you drink it again, you can taste the original bitterness and richness of the coffee beans, but it is always wrapped in the taste of milk.

Every sip was full of aftertaste. An Xingwan nodded with satisfaction. The coffee powder ground from coffee cherries was indeed better in taste than the one cultivated in the interstellar space.

[Is this coffee? It's completely different from what I drink.]

I'm going to buy some coffee for comparison.

[No need to compare, this one is made with milk, and the coffee out there is made with coffee and sugar.]

I like the Xingxing one, it's refreshing, but the aroma is so good I can't help but drink a few more sips.

【Please make a video of this as well! 】

【I instantly became alert.】

[Whether you have any future or not, you will know the video, please put the spark flavor on the shelves! 】

"Yes, once the planting area is established and the raw materials are in supply, we can sell them. I will keep some of the raw materials currently in use and make the rest as a reward."

An Xingwan asked Yisi to compile all the consumption data of Xinghuowei, Vacation Planet and Hot Pot Restaurant, and prepare to use coffee powder as a reward for high consumption.

Fengzhi is also developing a coffee machine. It is the semi-automatic coffee machine that An Xingwan requested. Whether it is American coffee or any other coffee, only one coffee machine can solve the problem.

It still has a sophisticated cleaning and maintenance system, and also has the function of super-intelligent mechanical latte art. The mechanical latte art relies on a chip. As long as the chip updates the pattern, the coffee machine will also be automatically updated.

The inside and outside are cleaned by decomposition method, which does not require water and can keep them clean and disinfected.

This machine is quite expensive, so An Xingwan specially asked Fengzhi to make some single-unit coffee machines, which are cheap and take up little space, making them very suitable for home use.

【This is the happiness of rich people. 】

【My motivation to make money is back! 】

Before I started following Stars, I was always eating and drinking and spending money at home. Later, in order to buy gifts for Stars, I went out to work and earn money. My life is very fulfilling.

[Me too, but I'm doing this so that Xingxing can study well and I can be closer to her in the future.]

【The stars are the direction of my efforts! 】

An Xingwan was quite moved when she read these words. It was really a happy thing that someone could become positive because of her.

(End of this chapter)